Obese helped with resistance training by 4000 IU of vitamin D – RCT Aug 2012

Impact of vitamin D supplementation during a resistance training intervention on body composition, muscle function, and glucose tolerance in overweight and obese adults Clinical Nutrition

Andres E. Carrillo a, Michael G. Flynn b, Catherine Pinkston c, Melissa M. Markofski a, Yan Jiang c, Shawn S. Donkin d, Dorothy Teegarden c, teegarden@purdue.edu
a Wastl Human Performance Laboratory, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
b Department of Health and Human Performance, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, USA
c Interdepartmental Nutrition Program, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
d Department of Animal Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA

Background & Aims:The impact of vitamin D supplementation in overweight and obese adults during resistance training on body composition, muscle function, and glucose tolerance was investigated.

Methods: Twenty-three overweight and obese (age: 26.1±4.7 y; BMI: 31.3±3.2 kg/m2; 25-hydroxyvitamin D: 19.3±7.2 ng/mL) adults were recruited for participation in a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Participants were randomly divided into vitamin D (VitD, 4000 IU/d; 5 female, 5 male) and placebo (PL; 7 female, 6 male) groups. Both groups completed 12 weeks of resistance training. 25-hydroxyvitamin D, parathyroid hormone, body composition, and glucose tolerance were assessed at baseline and 12 weeks. Muscle function (strength and power) was assessed at baseline, 4, 8, and 12 weeks.

Results: During the intervention, 25-hydroxyvitamin D increased and parathyroid hormone decreased in the VitD group (P<0.05).

Peak power was significantly increased at 4 wks in the VitD group only (P<0.05).
Regression analysis revealed an inverse association between the change in 25-hydroxyvitamin D with the change in waist-to-hip ratio (R2=0.205, P=0.02).
No other improvements were observed with supplementation.

Conclusions: Vitamin D supplementation in overweight and obese adults during resistance training induced an early improvement in peak power, and elevated vitamin D status was associated with reduced waist-to-hip ratio.

Clinical trial registration number: NCT01199926

Vitamin D increased peak power output

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Conference presentation: Carrillo A.E., Flynn M.G., Pinkston C., Markofski M.M., Jiang Y., Donkin S.S., and Teegarden D. (2010).
Effects of vitamin D supplementation during exercise training on strength and body composition. Experimental Biology.April 24 – 28, Anaheim, CA, USA.
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Comment by VitaminDWiki

Without previously having a loading dose the vitamin D levels in overweight and obese may not have plateaued by 12 weeks.

Strange that the strength improvement only happened at 4 weeks, but not 8 and 12 weeks

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